30 JULY 2019 • BASEBALLAMERICA.COM
BEST IN CLASS
by TEDDY CAHILLADLEY RUTSCHMAN, C
OREGON STATE
A second-team All-
American last season,
Rutschman lived up to
sky-high expectations. At
.411/.575/.751, he led the
Pacific-12 Conference in all
of the slash-line categories.
His power took a big jump
this season. He set a career
high in home runs with 17,
and he walked (76) twice as
much as he struck out (38)
while playing great defense.
ANDREW VAUGHN, 1B
CALIFORNIA
A first-team All-American
at DH in 2018, Vaughn
mashed his way to first team
honors again in 2019 by
hitting .374/.539/.704 with
14 doubles, 15 homers and
50 RBIs with 60 walks com-
pared to just 33 strikeouts.
His 50 career home runs
place him in a tie for sec-
ond in Cal baseball history,
behind only Xavier Nady’s
57.CAMERON CANNON, 2B
ARIZONA
A doubles machine who
split his time between sec-
ond base and shortstop in
2019, Cannon led the coun-
try with 29 two-baggers.
He also hit .397/.478/.651
with eight home runs and
56 RBIs, all of which equaled
or bettered previous career
highs. That performance
with the bat was enough to
entice the Red Sox with their
first pick of the draft.MATT WALLNER, OF
SOUTHERN MISS
A Minnesota native who
ended up at Southern
Mississippi only after North
Dakota shuttered its base-
ball program, Wallner start-
ed slugging as a freshman
and never stopped. In 2019
he hit .323/.446/.681 with
23 home runs, which is right
in line with his career slash
line of .323/.461/.652. His 58
career home runs are most
in program history.AUSTIN MARTIN, DH
VANDERBILT
Martin served as the spark
plug at the top of an out-
standing Vanderbilt lineup,
hitting .410/.502/.603 with
19 doubles, six home runs,
18 stolen bases in 23 tries,
and just 29 strikeouts in 234
at-bats. More impressively,
he stepped up his game in
Southeastern Conference
play, batting a tremendous
.424/.500/.610 against top
competition in the country.AARON SCHUNK, UT
GEORGIA
For a second consecutive
season, Schunk was one
of the most reliable arms
in the Georgia bullpen,
saving 12 games and put-
ting up a 2.49 ERA in 21.2
innings. He made a big
jump at the plate, going
from hitting .299/.340/.411
as a sophomore to hitting
.339/.373/.604 with 15 hom-
ers as a junior while playing
every day at third base.WILL WILSON, SS
N.C. STATE
In what appeared to be a
crowded class of shortstops
coming into the season,
Wilson established himself
as the best of the bunch.
He spent 2019 hitting
.335/.425/.661 with 20 dou-
bles, 16 homers and 57 RBIs,
all of which were career
highs. While he likely will
move off shortstop in pro
ball, he held down the posi-
tion adeptly for N.C. State.
JJ BLEDAY, OF
VANDERBILT
As the centerpiece of the
lineup on the No. 2 team in
the nation, Bleday tapped
into his raw power in a
big way this season. After
totaling six home runs over
his first two seasons, he hit
27 in 2019, the most in the
country. He did so without
sacrificing his other num-
bers, as evidenced by hitting
.353/.467/.739 before being
drafted No. 4 overall.HUNTER BISHOP, OF
ARIZONA STATE
With a breakout junior
season at the plate, Bishop
helped get Arizona State
into a regional for the first
time in his career. He hit
.344/.482/.757 with 22
home runs, which blew
away his previous career
highs of .301/.363/.484 with
five homers as a freshman.
Bishop’s improved hit tool
shot him into the top 10
picks of the draft.COLLEGE
& HIGH
SCHOOL
AWARDSCOLLEGE ALL-AMERICA TEAMRUTSCHMAN BY KARL MAASDAM; VAUGHN BY KELLEY L COX/KLC FOTOS; BLEDAY AND MARTIN BY JOE HOWELL/VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY; BISHO0P BY
BILL MITCHELL; SCHUNK BY KRISTIN M. BRADSHAW; GARCIA BY DON LIEBIG/ASUCLA; MANOAH BY JOHN WILLIAMSON; HOESE BY PARKER WATERS;